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Competing effects of interactions and spin-orbit coupling in a quantum wire

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We study the interplay of electron-electron interactions and Rashba spin-orbit coupling in one-dimensional ballistic wires. Using the renormalization group approach we construct the phase diagram in terms of Rashba coupling, Tomonaga-Luttinger stiffness and backward scattering strength. We identify the parameter regimes with a dynamically generated spin gap and show where the Luttinger liquid prevails. We also discuss the consequences for the operation of the Datta-Das transistor.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0409678,
  title  = {Competing effects of interactions and spin-orbit coupling in a quantum wire},
  author = {V. Gritsev and G. I. Japaridze and M. Pletyukhov and D. Baeriswyl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0409678},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures